List of primary and secondary school tests

This is a list of primary and secondary school tests.

Tests available at the end of secondary school, like Regents Examinations in New York, California High School Exit Exam, GED across North America, GCE A-Level in the UK, might lead to a school-leaving certificate(diploma). However, other tests like SAT and ACT do not play such roles.

Africa

• Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education

Americas

• General Educational Development (GED)
• Advanced Placement Program
• SAT
  • PSAT
• ACT (test)
  • PLAN (test)
• California High School Exit Exam – California
• Connecticut Academic Performance Test – Connecticut
• Connecticut Mastery Test – Connecticut
• Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) – Florida
• Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) – Kentucky
• High School Proficiency Assessment – New Jersey
• Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) – Indiana
• Regents Examinations – New York
• Michigan Merit Exam – Michigan
• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System – Massachusetts
• Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) – Texas
• Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP)  – Tennessee
• Ohio Graduation Test – Ohio
• Pennsylvania System of School Assessment – Pennsylvania
• Standards of Learning – Virginia
• Washington Assessment of Student Learning – Washington
• Georgia High School Graduation Test – Georgia
• Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAPs) – Colorado
• HSPT – High School Placement Test

for Admission

• SHSAT – Specialized High Schools Admissions Test for New York City
• ISEE – Independent School Entrance Examination
• SSAT – Secondary School Admission Test
• TACHS – Test for Admission into Catholic High Schools (New York City, Long Island, Westchester)

Asia

• Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia – Malaysia Higher School Certificate (sic) is a test usually taken by students at the end of Form 6
• HKCEE – Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination. Taken by Form 5 students. Also used for sixth form admission, which competition is fierce, and not many students can have sixth form education.
• HKALE – Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination. An additional test to be by students whose finished sixth form 2 years after HKCEE. Used for university admission.
• PSLE – Entrance test into Secondary Schools for Singapore
• OKS – Entrance test into Secondary Schools for Turkey
• UPSR – Entrance test into Secondary Schools for Malaysia

Europe

• CITO Toets – The Netherlands
• Common Entrance Examination – For entry into public schools in the UK
• Eleven-plus – For entry to grammar schools in the UK
• European Baccalaureate
• International Baccalaureate Diploma
• GCE A-level – England, Wales and Northern Ireland
  • AQA Baccalaureate
• Access to HE Diploma
• Welsh Baccalaureate
• Scottish Higher/Advanced Higher – Scotland
• Cambridge Pre-U Diploma
• Leaving Certificate (Árdteistiméireacht) – the Republic of Ireland
• Abitur – Germany
• Baccalauréat – France
• Selectividad – Spain
• Maturità – Italy
• Matura – Austria

Oceania

• Higher School Certificate – New South Wales External Assessment
• Victorian Certificate of Education/Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning
• Queensland Certificate of Education
• South Australian Certificate of Education
• Western Australian Certificate of Education
• Tasmanian Certificate of Education
• Australian Capital Territory Year 12 Certificate
• Northern Territory Certificate of Education

See also

• List of secondary school leaving qualifications
• List of admission tests to colleges and universities